Pete Hegseth’s ‘obsession with lethality’ shows basic confusion about his job: expert
A war expert Tuesday slammed Pete Hegseth as morale drops among the service members in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps (JAG) — the group of independent and apolitical lawyers who advise American military leaders on war.
Rachel VanLandingham, a JAG who has advised generals and Southwestern Law School professor, told Bloomberg columnist Andreas Kluth that Hegseth's "obsession with lethality is 'sophomoric' because it reduces the U.S. military to his vision of 'the warrior dude on Fortnite.'"
"He in effect 'repudiates the concept that killing should only be done as a last resort,'" VanLandingham explained. ...
Oct 28, 2025